‘A mess of our own making’: Labour mayors reflect on Starmer’s first year

Left to right: The Labour deputy leader, Angela Rayner; the mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin; the prime minister, Keir Starmer; and the mayor of the West Midlands, Richard Parker. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Keir Starmer’s government appears “disjointed” from the rest of the Labour party just a year after taking power, regional mayors have said, with one blaming No 10 for overseeing “a mess of our own making”.

Steve Rotheram, the Labour mayor of Liverpool city region, said Downing Street’s repeated missteps were “winding up” people who wanted to back the government.